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Carlos Gomez had a terrific night in Saturday's 4-2 extra-inning victory over the Mets, going 4-for-5 with a homer and two RBI.

Gomez also deftly swiped his 39th base of the season. One of the most dynamic players in the entire league, Gomez has dazzled with his combination of power and speed this season, slashing .283/.337/.507 with 24 homers, 73 RBI and 39 steals in 146 games. He'll likely be one of the first ten outfielders off the board in next season's fantasy drafts.

Turner suffered the injury when he was hit by a pitch in Monday night's Cactus League game against the Athletics. No timetable has been announced yet, but Freddie Freeman missed six weeks last year with a similar injury and George Springer missed nine weeks with a broken wrist in 2015. Just a couple of recent examples. Turner, one of the best hitters in the National League in 2017, is likely to be out through most of May. Logan Forsythe figures to handle most of the load at third base with Chris Taylor, Enrique Hernandez, and Chase Utley sharing time at second.

Jon Gray was outstanding in Monday's Cactus League victory over the Rangers, racking up nine strikeouts over 6 1/3 scoreless innings.

Gray allowed just four hits and a walk in the brilliant effort, running his fastball as high as 97 mph in the process. The right-hander entered play on Monday with a 10.22 ERA on the spring, but seemed to correct many of his ills with this terrific outing.

Tigers' prospect Franklin Perez suffered a right lat strain during a minor league game on March 18.

The club announced that at this time, no surgery is recommended for Perez. His recovery time is expected to be a minimum of 12 weeks. He wasn't going to be an option at the big league level until later in the season anyways, so from a fantasy perspective, this news shouldn't impact his fantasy value too much. From a development perspective though, it's a tough blow for the Tigers' top prospect.

Yonder Alonso went 3-for-3 with a pair of homers in Monday's Cactus League game against the Giants.

Alonso opened the afternoon's scoring with a three-run homer in the top of the first inning off Giants starter Johnny Cueto and then he got to Cueto again for a solo shot in the top of the fifth. Alonso is now 15-for-42 (.357) this spring with four home runs and nine RBI in 16 games. He signed a two-year, $16 million free agent contract with the Indians in late December and should carry a good amount of fantasy value as their primary first baseman.

Acuna was batting .432/.519/.727 with four home runs, 11 RBI, four stolen bases, and eight runs scored through 16 games this spring in the Grapefruit League, but the Braves will keep baseball's top prospect in the minors until mid-April to delay his service time clock. April 13 is our best guess for when he might make his MLB debut. He can still be a top-100 fantasy performer in 2018, even with the delay.

Athletics signed RHP Trevor Cahill to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.

The deal was agreed to on Saturday and then finalized Monday when Cahill arrived at A's camp in Arizona and passed his physical. The 30-year-old right-hander posted a 4.93 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, and 87/45 K/BB ratio in 84 innings (14 starts, seven relief appearances) last season with the Padres and Royals. Oakland will probably use him as a swingman between the rotation and bullpen.

Mattingly cautioned that "it's just a discussion" for now. Brinson is having a terrific spring and will hit at the top of the Marlins' Grapefruit Lineup for the second time on Tuesday. The 23-year-old top outfield prospect was acquired from the Brewers this offseason as part of the Christian Yelich trade. He struggled last year in his first taste of the majors, but Brinson boasts a .349/.409/.574 career batting line at Triple-A, with 18 home runs and 18 stolen bases in 107 games.

Ellsbury hasn't appeared in a Grapefruit League game since March 1 and he is still rehabbing a right oblique strain. Assuming there hasn't been a major setback, he should be ready sometime around early-to-mid April. The 34-year-old projects to serve as a fourth outfielder this season for New York with Aaron Hicks getting the large majority of starts in center field.

Yoenis Cespedes (wrist) said he felt great after returning to Grapefruit League action on Monday.

Cespedes went 1-for-3 with a single in his first game since receiving a cortisone injection last week for a sore right wrist. He should be close to 100 percent for the beginning of the 2018 regular season. Cespedes, 32, hit .292/.352/.540 with 17 home runs and 42 RBI in 81 games last year while battling multiple leg injuries.

Bradley Zimmer was scratched from the Indians' Cactus League lineup Monday due to a mild left groin strain.

This injury obviously comes with bad timing given that Opening Day is just 10 days away, but perhaps it truly is nothing serious. Tyler Naquin took Zimmer's spot in the lineup versus the Giants. There should be an update on the 25-year-old's status later this week. He's an intriguing post-hype outfielder for the 2018 fantasy baseball season.